In fight on terror, encryption is double-edged sword
Encryption can be a terrorist's tool. But it's also a key for those hunting attackers, and for many others.
Security
Nov 21, 2015
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News tagged with information technology industry
Active senior travelers have different approaches to technology
Are you an Adventurous Experimenter, a Meticulous Researcher or a Fumbling Observer? These are the three groups active senior travellers can be divided into on the basis of how they use tourism-related information and communication ...
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2015
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WTO strikes 'landmark' deal to cut tariffs on IT products
Major exporters of information technology on Friday agreed to cut global tariffs on more than 200 products, in the first such deal struck by the World Trade Organization in nearly two decades.
Business
Jul 24, 2015
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Ultralow-power circuit improves efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 percent
The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards "the Internet of things"—the idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment, and even livestock would have their own ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 23, 2015
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Standard knowledge for robots
What do you know? There is now a world standard for capturing and conveying the knowledge that robots possess—or, to get philosophical about it, an ontology for automatons.
Robotics
May 20, 2015
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Germany still has some way to go to 'smart factories'
Collaborative robots and intelligent machinery may have wowed the crowds at this year's Hannover Messe, but experts see German industry as having some way to go towards incorporating them on factory floors in what could become ...
Business
Apr 19, 2015
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More deals ahead? China fund buys Silicon Valley chip maker
China's aggressive new policy to expand its semiconductor industry is worrying U.S. chipmakers, many of which are based in Silicon Valley, and raising potential national security concerns as it begins to acquire U.S. tech ...
Business
Apr 8, 2015
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Professor analyzes online data to predict future fashion trends
In fashion, combining contrasting fabrics, colors and textures is what brings an outfit to life. In Heng Xu's career, combining science and art has brought a new way of interpreting data to life—an innovation that might ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 31, 2015
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China probes automakers, technology firms
Chinese regulators have launched a series of anti-monopoly investigations of foreign automakers and technology providers, stepping up pressure on foreign companies that feel increasingly unwelcome in China.
Business
Aug 6, 2014
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US Army must be prepared for cybersecurity threats to energy sector, study says
Cybersecurity threats to the United States' energy industry and infrastructure are rising and require increased preparedness by the U.S. Army and Department of Defense, according to a new paper from Rice University's Baker ...
Internet
Feb 6, 2014
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